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not to me, as harry reid and mr. biden say. there are three things that people campaign that obama made more confusing. all the people behind him and no press questions, covered as if it were a press conference. one is all the bush tax cut laps that predate bush that they let lapse every two or four years. if that happens on january 5, it did raise taxes $500 billion a year. i guess this is the $5 trillion tax cut that obama used to attack romney for supporting. obama just sit there and does not agree to anything. or we can do all we did two years ago. again i get too worked up because the play this game of chess with the exact same people around the table with the chess board exactly the same as two years earlier. oh no. we're all going to die. we have been through this. if you do not really want to spend the rest of your administration with an economy as lousy as the one you brought us to now with no sign of making it better. this does not make the economy better. does the tax increase go up? what about the sequester? how is
not to me, as harry reid and mr. biden say. there are three things that people campaign that obama made more confusing. all the people behind him and no press questions, covered as if it were a press conference. one is all the bush tax cut laps that predate bush that they let lapse every two or four years. if that happens on january 5, it did raise taxes $500 billion a year. i guess this is the $5 trillion tax cut that obama used to attack romney for supporting. obama just sit there and does...
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now president obama is saying he want mrs. revenue. he wants $1.6 trillion. but that's big progress and you don't have to raise the top rate to get there. >> stephen: okay, what happens next? do we go over the cliff? does this happen before the cliff or after the cliff? or do we make the deal as we're plunging towards the red sox. >> if we go over the cliff then suddenly grover norquist's pledge becomes inoperative. >> oh! so he's powerless. it's like someone guessed his name and sent him back to the forest. (laughter) well, please come back when we find out what happens. >> absolutely. >> stephen: thank you so much. reihan salam, "the grand new party." we'll b (cheers and applause) >> stephen: welcome back, everybody! my guest tonight is a legendary singer/song writer who has composed over 3,000 songs. i'll ask her if one of them was "gangnam style." (laughter) please welcome dolly parton! (cheers and applause) what a pleasure, thank you so much for coming on. >> okay! >> stephen: what an honor to have you on. >> well, it's a pleasure to be with you. i watch
now president obama is saying he want mrs. revenue. he wants $1.6 trillion. but that's big progress and you don't have to raise the top rate to get there. >> stephen: okay, what happens next? do we go over the cliff? does this happen before the cliff or after the cliff? or do we make the deal as we're plunging towards the red sox. >> if we go over the cliff then suddenly grover norquist's pledge becomes inoperative. >> oh! so he's powerless. it's like someone guessed his name...
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if mr. obama and the democrats get their way, doing a deal to raise those rates where all bush cuts on all tax brackets expire at the end of the year. that is something that gives president obama a lot of clout right now. you can agree or disagree with the president's policy. that's for you to decide. congressman cole happens to disagree strongly, but at the same time he recognizes the political reality that all tax cuts will expire on january 1st. >> in my view, we all agree that we are not going to raise taxes on people that make less than $250,000. we should take them out of this discussion right now and continue to fight against any rate increases. continue to try to work honestly for a much bigger deal. >> congressman cole who will join us shortly is a rock rib republican, and is no longer a lone voice in the wilderness. i'm quoting now, the fact is that republicans face a new political reality on taxes. president obama's re-election means that taxes for upper income earners are going u
if mr. obama and the democrats get their way, doing a deal to raise those rates where all bush cuts on all tax brackets expire at the end of the year. that is something that gives president obama a lot of clout right now. you can agree or disagree with the president's policy. that's for you to decide. congressman cole happens to disagree strongly, but at the same time he recognizes the political reality that all tax cuts will expire on january 1st. >> in my view, we all agree that we are...
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assuming the recent statements from mr. obama and mr. boehner are accurate, the dems are moving away from that. the president and the democrats seem to be moving away from that. why do you think that is, and is this important? >> let's assume for a second the president is right and we need $1.5 trillion of revenue. now, i think there's a better way to get there and a different way to get there. the president, you know, i think is open to some of these ideas. but if we're going to have $1.5 trillion worth of revenue, we need about $3.5 trillion worth of real spending cuts. that would come from defense. it would come from entitlement programs. it would come from the other mandatory programs. that's what makes the most sense to take it from because those are the areas that are really growing at an accelerated rate, faster than the rate of growth of health care. i think that's doable. i think we can find the votes to do that because i think the american people are way ahead of the politicians. they realize we got a real problem in this count
assuming the recent statements from mr. obama and mr. boehner are accurate, the dems are moving away from that. the president and the democrats seem to be moving away from that. why do you think that is, and is this important? >> let's assume for a second the president is right and we need $1.5 trillion of revenue. now, i think there's a better way to get there and a different way to get there. the president, you know, i think is open to some of these ideas. but if we're going to have...
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it was coincidental i think that president obama last 47% and you said that the 47% mr. romney was referring to was republicans. that was coins dental? >> what it demonstrated is a fundamental misunderstanding of the country he wanted to lead. that's what that statement showed. and a lot of those 47%. what was he saying in the statement? what he was saying is there is 47% of the country i got to write those people off because they don't pay federal income tax. and because they don't pay their a bunch of takers. you in this room, you're the makers, you're being victimized by the takers and there is nothing i can do about those takers so forget about it. i think it was a disaster. and a lot of the people in that 47% are in fact the base of the republican party. >> david. >> this is not because we're having a blue hand love in. if the republican party were to listen to half of what steve said in his opening comments they would rehabilitate themselves quickly. i think there is going to be a civil war between the view of people like steve and the view of some on the hard righ
it was coincidental i think that president obama last 47% and you said that the 47% mr. romney was referring to was republicans. that was coins dental? >> what it demonstrated is a fundamental misunderstanding of the country he wanted to lead. that's what that statement showed. and a lot of those 47%. what was he saying in the statement? what he was saying is there is 47% of the country i got to write those people off because they don't pay federal income tax. and because they don't pay...
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obama who doesn't face another election, and mr. boehner who is head of a party somewhat chastised in the past election about appearing not to let washington work. if we can have the bipartisan compromise not dissimilar to the simpson-bowles national debt commission where we understand it is going to take revenue enhancements as well as spending reductions and entitlement reform, we can do what's right. we must do what's right for america. i think we have a real opportunity to do it, probably a short team deal by 1 january, but the real negotiation will then be done before we break the real debt ceiling in the middle of march. >> clearly these folks aren't spending money just to spend money. they think they can have influence by influencing people to influence congress. are they right? >> well, they're trying to set the table. no question. i always challenge people to advertise in december. you can't out spend santa claus, and it is hard to get through a message now with the lame ducks folks in congress. i agree with the congressman
obama who doesn't face another election, and mr. boehner who is head of a party somewhat chastised in the past election about appearing not to let washington work. if we can have the bipartisan compromise not dissimilar to the simpson-bowles national debt commission where we understand it is going to take revenue enhancements as well as spending reductions and entitlement reform, we can do what's right. we must do what's right for america. i think we have a real opportunity to do it, probably a...
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interrupted mr romney's momentum that allowed mr obama to look presidential and bipartisan. as rove president obama winning the election had nothing to do with americans seen mitt romney for what he is a corporate billionaire who doesn't care about middle class america who will time for someone else to hijack the republican party and a very very ugly students at the university of mississippi as many americans across the nation celebrated president obama's reelection tuesday some students at the university of mississippi took a different approach following the news that obama had won students rioted on the school's campus allegedly screaming racial slurs these are white students screaming out racial slurs really to president obama and african-americans are also photos of alleged old miss students burning obama biden campaign sides any election they're going to be people who are happy and unhappy with the outcome but as in that disappointment to the level of shouting racial slurs that it's very very. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understa
interrupted mr romney's momentum that allowed mr obama to look presidential and bipartisan. as rove president obama winning the election had nothing to do with americans seen mitt romney for what he is a corporate billionaire who doesn't care about middle class america who will time for someone else to hijack the republican party and a very very ugly students at the university of mississippi as many americans across the nation celebrated president obama's reelection tuesday some students at the...
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. >> reporter: mr. obama has insisted that in any deal, tax rates on the wealthy must rise. but a top democrat signaled openness to the republican stance. revenue can be raised by closing loopholes and limiting deductions. >> they have to go up either real tax rates or effective tax rates. there's ways of doing that. >> reporter: with the clock ticking and markets getting nervous, talks begin again this week amid tentative steps toward common ground. >> we can't go off the fiscal cliff. we have to show the world we're adults. the election is over. >> nbc's mike viqueira reporting. >>> overseas to egypt where the country's newly elected leader has granted himself unchecked power sparking days of clashes and sending the country's stock market into a freefall. our reporter is in cairo with the very latest. ayman, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. egypt's stock market opened for a second straight day, and it plunged already by 4%. now, that's already a day after it lost 10%, and officials there had to stop trading just to prevent it from declining any further. that's the
. >> reporter: mr. obama has insisted that in any deal, tax rates on the wealthy must rise. but a top democrat signaled openness to the republican stance. revenue can be raised by closing loopholes and limiting deductions. >> they have to go up either real tax rates or effective tax rates. there's ways of doing that. >> reporter: with the clock ticking and markets getting nervous, talks begin again this week amid tentative steps toward common ground. >> we can't go off...
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i will read an excerpt which says since his re-election mr. obama has fueled a campaign style effort to pressure republicans to give ground on taxes. that's fine, but it won't be enough. at some point, he has to prepare the american people and his own supporters most of all for the hard decisions required to put the country on a sound financial footing. that means spending cuts, it means entitlement reform, it means compromise, a balanced solution that will please neither house speaker john boehner nor senate majority leader harry reid. senator, when are the democrats going to be talking about the hard decisions? >> alex, that is a very important point and i heard ed rendell refer to it a few minutes ago if your conversation. we all know that there is three parts to solving this problem. there is cutting expenditures, there are entitlements and there are revenue. democrats on the joint select committee that i chaired a year ago, could put serious proposals on that on the table. why we couldn't come to an agreement the republicans refused to pu
i will read an excerpt which says since his re-election mr. obama has fueled a campaign style effort to pressure republicans to give ground on taxes. that's fine, but it won't be enough. at some point, he has to prepare the american people and his own supporters most of all for the hard decisions required to put the country on a sound financial footing. that means spending cuts, it means entitlement reform, it means compromise, a balanced solution that will please neither house speaker john...
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but i have a solution for president obama this time around. mr. president, turn the tables on him speaker boehner that is. we all recall the trap that the white house fell into last year, letting negotiations over the potential government shutdown be concluded only to be held hostage again when the republicans then refused to raise the debt ceiling without getting additional concessions. it was as congressman welch said it was professional malpractice not to wrap the debt ceiling into the first round of negotiations. so don't do it again. the debt ceiling will necessarily and inevitably be hit and breached early next year. yet when president obama told speaker boehner at their november 16th meeting to raise the ceiling by year's end boehner said there is a price for everything. no, there doesn't have to be. sometimes what is necessary and good policy should just be done. the ceiling will be breached because of the fiscal track we're on and agreeing to the expenditures and revenues that are now in place the debt ceiling will be exceeded because of
but i have a solution for president obama this time around. mr. president, turn the tables on him speaker boehner that is. we all recall the trap that the white house fell into last year, letting negotiations over the potential government shutdown be concluded only to be held hostage again when the republicans then refused to raise the debt ceiling without getting additional concessions. it was as congressman welch said it was professional malpractice not to wrap the debt ceiling into the first...
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quote, mr. obama's aides are trying to harness the passions that returned him to the white house hoping to pressure republicans in congress to accept tax increases on the wealthy. joy reid is managing editor of thegrio.com. she's at least as smart as i am, which is not an accolade, it's a fact, and she's much younger. okay. whey found out this weekend and you know this better than i, i enjoy your report on this, the obama campaign wasn't some coupe by ia number. it was real, it was people meeting people, getting points for moum contacts you made with voters. they knew a certain number of contacts led to a probability of people voting. can you turn that machine into something that can get the right kind of deal? >> i think the president spent a year and a half developing a gigantic infrastructure that really came out on election day. and he did that -- >> human. >> through these kinds of also the campaign that brought those people out and central to that argument was that we need an economy that
quote, mr. obama's aides are trying to harness the passions that returned him to the white house hoping to pressure republicans in congress to accept tax increases on the wealthy. joy reid is managing editor of thegrio.com. she's at least as smart as i am, which is not an accolade, it's a fact, and she's much younger. okay. whey found out this weekend and you know this better than i, i enjoy your report on this, the obama campaign wasn't some coupe by ia number. it was real, it was people...
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mr. priebus. how are you? >> doing great, piers. how are you? >> you have been keeping your head below the paraput since the shellacking you guys took in the election. what is your reaction to the pretty poor defeat? >> well, i think that we got to look at everything that we're doing. i think that's what we have to do. i don't think you can draw any quick conclusions other than the fact that we lost and we know that. but i think in order to get back in the game, you've got to look at and do a full autopsy of what happened, what we did well, what we didn't do well, what we can do better in the next year with two governors' races coming up and two years later, then four years from now. so what we're going to do is we want to bring everyone together. leaders from across the country, to look at everything that we've done, come up with a game plan, sort of a four-year plan of what we can do in the communities, out there across america, to do a long sustained year by year campaign and operation
mr. priebus. how are you? >> doing great, piers. how are you? >> you have been keeping your head below the paraput since the shellacking you guys took in the election. what is your reaction to the pretty poor defeat? >> well, i think that we got to look at everything that we're doing. i think that's what we have to do. i don't think you can draw any quick conclusions other than the fact that we lost and we know that. but i think in order to get back in the game, you've got to...
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with a continuing debate about the proper limits of drone strikes, mr. obama did not want to leave an amorphous program to his successor, the official said. the effort, which would have been rushed to completion by january had mr. romney won will now be finished at a more leisurely pace, the official said. jameel, are you surprised if the "times" is accurate, we have anonymous obama officials basically admitting that the program and the schedule for a future republican president is different than the standards they hold to themselves? that's basically what they admit there. >> i'm not surprised at all. i think that any president would want the kind of power that this president has claimed. but we have these checks and balances. we have the courts, we have congress, precisely because of that. precisely because presidents are going to claim more authority than the constitution allows them to, more authority than makes sense in our democracy, and you need to have checks and balances to ensure that the president who's in office now doesn't abuse these powers
with a continuing debate about the proper limits of drone strikes, mr. obama did not want to leave an amorphous program to his successor, the official said. the effort, which would have been rushed to completion by january had mr. romney won will now be finished at a more leisurely pace, the official said. jameel, are you surprised if the "times" is accurate, we have anonymous obama officials basically admitting that the program and the schedule for a future republican president is...
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the talking points, mr. ambassador. to change the topic, told you to come out and say it as this fairy tale. the second thing is, why would he use the political capital to get her concerned to macanese the political capital for the fiscal cliff, taxes, except. >> can we say bring in on our make my day? the president gave her such a strong endorsement. it would be amazing if he backed off now and did not nominate her. that would almost say that he has no confidence ii her. i think that the odds are -- no one knows what he will do. the odds are that he will go and do it. >> i think he had to support her like that because she knows too much. he has to make it sound like he is behind her nomination and then ihave been in the white house. the way this works, somebody higher upgoes to mass arrests and says, it's not going to work. would give you the job. >> suggeted he take care with the dnc. lou: setup that was one of the better comments. >> hillary clinton today saying she was doing a great job. >> absolutely. i cannot reme
the talking points, mr. ambassador. to change the topic, told you to come out and say it as this fairy tale. the second thing is, why would he use the political capital to get her concerned to macanese the political capital for the fiscal cliff, taxes, except. >> can we say bring in on our make my day? the president gave her such a strong endorsement. it would be amazing if he backed off now and did not nominate her. that would almost say that he has no confidence ii her. i think that the...
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obama will get all night. take a break and come back and talk about one of the real flash points in the election, the auto industry. could it cost romney the election, which would be a great irony? >> announcer: you never know when, but thieves can steal your identity and turn your life upside down. >> hi. >> hi. you know, i can save you 15% today if you open up a charge card account with us. >> you just read my mind. >> announcer: just one little piece of information and they can open bogus accounts, stealing your credit, your money and ruining your reputation. that's why you need lifelock to relentlessly protect what matters most... [beeping...] helping stop crooks before your identity is attacked. and now you can have the most comprehensive identity theft protection available today... lifelock ultimate. so for protection you just can't get anywhere else, get lifelock ultimate. >> i didn't know how serious identity theft was until i lost my credit and eventually i lost my home. >> announcer: credit monitorin
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if mr. obama and the democrats get their way, doing the deal to avoid raising the rates and avoiding the fiscal cliff, where all tax cuts and brakes expire at the end of the year. that is an election, popular at the end of the year, certainly give president obama a lot of clout right now. you can disagree or agree with the policy. that is for you to decide. republican tom cole of oklahoma happens to disagree strongly. at the same time, he recognizes the political reality that all tax cuts will expire on january one, and no one wants to raise taxes on what would amount to 98% of all the taxpayers. >> in my view, we agree we're not going to raise taxes on people that make more than $250,000, we should just take them out of this discuss right now. continue to fight against any rate increases and continue to fight for a much bigger deal. >> congressman cole joins us, the staunchly conservative editorial page of "the wall street journal is on board now. president obama's re-election means that ta
if mr. obama and the democrats get their way, doing the deal to avoid raising the rates and avoiding the fiscal cliff, where all tax cuts and brakes expire at the end of the year. that is an election, popular at the end of the year, certainly give president obama a lot of clout right now. you can disagree or agree with the policy. that is for you to decide. republican tom cole of oklahoma happens to disagree strongly. at the same time, he recognizes the political reality that all tax cuts will...
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mr. obama is in meetings with small business owners from across the country today. he is not, however, meeting with leaders of congress today. our dan lothian is watching the comings and goings at the white house. and at some point, dan, congress is going to have to either come together on this and work with the president on this, and yet we're seeing all these various different meetings all around the communities and the country. it looks like there's a particular strategy that's playing out when it comes to the president right now. >> reporter: that's right. a lot of negotiations have taken place in the staff -- on the staff level. the president himself did speak with speaker john boehner on the phone over the weekend. there was that meeting with the lawmakers, the leadership just before the president went overseas on his southeast asia trip. but so far, no additional meetings that we know of on the schedule for the president to sit down with congressional leadership to try to hammer this out. i can tell you that i spoke with an administration official who told me
mr. obama is in meetings with small business owners from across the country today. he is not, however, meeting with leaders of congress today. our dan lothian is watching the comings and goings at the white house. and at some point, dan, congress is going to have to either come together on this and work with the president on this, and yet we're seeing all these various different meetings all around the communities and the country. it looks like there's a particular strategy that's playing out...
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mr. obama and the democrats get their way, doing a deal to raise just those rates would avoid the fiscal cliff, where all bush era tax cuts on all tack tax brackets expire at the ends of the year. the election, popular opinion and more give president obama a lot of clout right now. and you can agree or disagree with the president's policy. that's for you to decide. republican congressmen tom cole of oklahoma disagrees stronsly. at the same time, he recognizes the political reality that all tax cuts will expire on january 1st and no one wants to raise taxes on what would amount to 98% of all taxpayers. >> in my view, we all agree that we're not going to raise taxes on people that make less than $250,000. we should just take them out of discussion right now. continue to fight against any rate increases, continue to try to work honestly for a much bigger deal. >> congressman cole joins us shortly. a rock rib conservative. chair of the national republican congressional committee, and he's no
mr. obama and the democrats get their way, doing a deal to raise just those rates would avoid the fiscal cliff, where all bush era tax cuts on all tack tax brackets expire at the ends of the year. the election, popular opinion and more give president obama a lot of clout right now. and you can agree or disagree with the president's policy. that's for you to decide. republican congressmen tom cole of oklahoma disagrees stronsly. at the same time, he recognizes the political reality that all tax...
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obama will get all night. take a break and come back and talk about one of the real flash points in the election, the auto industry. could it cost romney the election, which would be a great irony? blach [ male announcer ] citi turns 200 this year. in that time there've been some good days. and some difficult ones. but, through it all, we've persevered, supporting some of the biggest ideas in modern history. so why should our anniversary matter to you? because for 200 years, we've been helping...
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boehner said everything comes with a price, mr. president. are republicans going to use this to exert leverage right now? >> absolutely. again, another factor that works against a big grand bargain. the more stuff you try to pack in there, you want to talk about social security, medicare. the republicans want to talk about obama care and some of the taxes in there. obama is saying he wants to talk about the debt ceiling. these are all separate issues, and the more stuff you try to jam in there, i think it actually makes it harder to come to an agreement rather than easier. >> dan, part of the whole thing here and calling it a fiscal cliff is to add to the theatricality and the chael leng of the whole thing. it's a slope. everybody calm down. we don't need this brinksmanship which adds to the republicans' leverage in this situation. you, sir, are writing a column a day about this. i know you're satiracal in your column. are you feeding the beast of the whole cliff thing, or are you completely trying to take it apart? >> i'm feeding "the daily
boehner said everything comes with a price, mr. president. are republicans going to use this to exert leverage right now? >> absolutely. again, another factor that works against a big grand bargain. the more stuff you try to pack in there, you want to talk about social security, medicare. the republicans want to talk about obama care and some of the taxes in there. obama is saying he wants to talk about the debt ceiling. these are all separate issues, and the more stuff you try to jam in...
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"mr. christie looked like a spoiler." republicans who attended the annual meeting last week were mad at christie too. i will not apologize for doing my job, christie told one of them in a hotel hallway. and republican donors, you guessed it, also mad at christie. a top romney aid described him as furious. but chris christie knows exactly what he is doing. does the name george allen ring a bell? once upon a time and not all that long ago, he was going to be president. virginia's george allen. he was the son of a hall of fame nfl coach and after serving as class president at the university of virginia, allen served in the virginia house of delegates as a congressman, as a governor and as united states senator. in december of 2005 shs the senator prepared for his reelection race, the insiders poll asked 100 republican politicians and consultants, who had the best chance of winning the party's nomination in 2008? the insiders picked allen as number one. number one. at the time they said of the former football player, allen kn
"mr. christie looked like a spoiler." republicans who attended the annual meeting last week were mad at christie too. i will not apologize for doing my job, christie told one of them in a hotel hallway. and republican donors, you guessed it, also mad at christie. a top romney aid described him as furious. but chris christie knows exactly what he is doing. does the name george allen ring a bell? once upon a time and not all that long ago, he was going to be president. virginia's george...
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we look forward to seeing what he might be thinking of. >> mr. norquist, if you had to put money on it, do you think we're going to go over that cliff? >> well, it depends. i think if we can have these negotiations in front of c-span cameras, not in hiding, this is what the president promised four years ago he would do. he's not yet done it. let's get the c-span cameras in there. two, whatever they agree to should be put online for the american people, not just the lobbyists in washington, but the american people so they can see it for seven days before anybody's asked to vote for it. if we have transparency and honesty, we'll have a much better end deal. >> is that going to happen? i'm going to quote you on this. this is your wish list. is that going to happen? >> that's not going to happen. >> actually, i think it will happen. the good news is the president is on a sugar high from winning the election. he's over time realizing that the republicans won the house of representatives just as much as we won the presidency. so the idea that he gets t
we look forward to seeing what he might be thinking of. >> mr. norquist, if you had to put money on it, do you think we're going to go over that cliff? >> well, it depends. i think if we can have these negotiations in front of c-span cameras, not in hiding, this is what the president promised four years ago he would do. he's not yet done it. let's get the c-span cameras in there. two, whatever they agree to should be put online for the american people, not just the lobbyists in...
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obama will get all night. take a break and come back and talk about one of the real flash points in the election, the auto industry. could it cost romney the election, which would be a great irony? jack, you're a little boring. boring. boring. [ jack ] after lauren broke up with me, i went to the citi private pass page and decided to be...not boring. that's how i met marilyn... giada... really good. yes! [ jack ] ...and alicia. ♪ this girl is on fire [ male announcer ] use any citi® card to get the benefits of private pass. more concerts. more events. more experiences. [ jack ] hey, who's boring now? [ male announcer ] get more access with a citi card. [ crowd cheering, mouse clicks ] stay top of mind with customers? from deals that bring them in with an offer... to social media promotions that turn fans into customers... to events that engage and create buzz... to e-mails that keep loyal customers coming back, our easy-to-use tools will keep you in front of your customers. see what's right for you at const
obama will get all night. take a break and come back and talk about one of the real flash points in the election, the auto industry. could it cost romney the election, which would be a great irony? jack, you're a little boring. boring. boring. [ jack ] after lauren broke up with me, i went to the citi private pass page and decided to be...not boring. that's how i met marilyn... giada... really good. yes! [ jack ] ...and alicia. ♪ this girl is on fire [ male announcer ] use any citi® card to...
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i think that's the challenge that mr. obama has now. and i think that was very critical in that movie. i wish frederick douglass pushing lincoln would have been a scene in the movie because i think that's what we're dealing with, david. real leaders can take pushing from all sides. but at the end of the day, they say how do i really believe and get something concrete done. >> and the people love you. remember, the scene where his wife, played by sally field, says, the people love my husband. and he used that. >> yes. and it's not just getting things done, although it's surely that. it's not just the practicality of compromise and paying attention to other people. it is surely that. but one of the reasons people loved lincoln, and one of the things that gave lincoln his steel and his passion, was he was animated by a grand idea. which was to create a more perfect union, and to abolish slavery once and for all. and he was willing to let men die for that idea. >> and one of the things also is as david was writing, politics is not a bad thi
i think that's the challenge that mr. obama has now. and i think that was very critical in that movie. i wish frederick douglass pushing lincoln would have been a scene in the movie because i think that's what we're dealing with, david. real leaders can take pushing from all sides. but at the end of the day, they say how do i really believe and get something concrete done. >> and the people love you. remember, the scene where his wife, played by sally field, says, the people love my...
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one of them questioned why he had boarded mr. obama's helicopter. still a bitterness lingers among top financial donors to mr. romney. a top romney aide described contributors as, quote, furious with mr. christie. when you look at the donors, when you look at what happened with mr. murdoch, i mean, what is this saying? >> look, the man's state was under water. he was not worried about republican party politics. but everybody else in the party was because they were facing a scary election day. and they needed somebody to blame. they were just grasping, lashing out. any kind of, you know, sign that christie was legitimatizing president obama was going to give them a collective nosebleed. so, i think he had to expect this, but at the same time, you know, i think his reaction was the appropriate one, which is, you know, what do you expect me to do? and i think that's really going to be to his benefit going down the road. >> what does this mean, joe, for the republican -- you know, putting aside the specifics of this story with "the new york times" and m
one of them questioned why he had boarded mr. obama's helicopter. still a bitterness lingers among top financial donors to mr. romney. a top romney aide described contributors as, quote, furious with mr. christie. when you look at the donors, when you look at what happened with mr. murdoch, i mean, what is this saying? >> look, the man's state was under water. he was not worried about republican party politics. but everybody else in the party was because they were facing a scary election...
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peter johnson joins us here ♪ fare thee well ♪ farewell ♪ mr. gloom be on your way ♪ ♪ though you haven't any money you can still be bright and sunny ♪ ♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day ♪ ♪ hah lou: potentially, a significant blow to the obama controversial contraceptive mandate. the eighth circuit court of appeals, granting a preliminary injunction to stop that mandate reinforced agaiinst the ssouri catholic business owner. the list of states refusing state run health care exchanges for insurance is growing. arizona becomes the latest to tell the federal government it will have to aume the burden of operating at the exchange with the state of arizona and the supervision, perhaps even headaches of running the exchange rate bring the total number of states refusing set up an exchange under obamacare to 17. ten other states remain undecided as to the course they will take. all of these states, the 17 states, nearly all of them, republican governors. we are joined now by peter johnson junior, kyle appellate attorney, fox news legal
peter johnson joins us here ♪ fare thee well ♪ farewell ♪ mr. gloom be on your way ♪ ♪ though you haven't any money you can still be bright and sunny ♪ ♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day ♪ ♪ hah lou: potentially, a significant blow to the obama controversial contraceptive mandate. the eighth circuit court of appeals, granting a preliminary injunction to stop that mandate reinforced agaiinst the ssouri catholic business owner. the list of states refusing state run health...
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medicaid is a key part of obama i don't know and what mr. plouffe was talking about. i think he got the republican talking points mixed up with his. >> you know what? that was my first impression when i saw the videotape, as well. the question comes up, what are you willing to accept in a deal when it comes to programs like medicare and medicaid? >> look, this december should be about revenues. then we can go on to have discussions about the long-term sol sency of medicare and where medicaid fits into obama care and all the changes coming by 2014. but revenue's got to come first and should come first because we hold all the aces. we've got five in our hand because if we do nothing, all the tax cuts expire and then republicans don't have to worry about their pledge to grover norquist because what they're doing is voting to reduce taxes for middle income families and working americans and sorry, they just can't do anything about the millionaires and billionaires and the unearned income which is going to go back to clinton era rates which guess what, worked pretty darn w
medicaid is a key part of obama i don't know and what mr. plouffe was talking about. i think he got the republican talking points mixed up with his. >> you know what? that was my first impression when i saw the videotape, as well. the question comes up, what are you willing to accept in a deal when it comes to programs like medicare and medicaid? >> look, this december should be about revenues. then we can go on to have discussions about the long-term sol sency of medicare and where...
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during his re-election pause, if you call it that, mr. obama reminded americans he has presidential duties and also found a couple unlikely friends along the way, one being new jersey governor chris christie and now tonight a big one, new york mayor michael bloomberg. with both sides back to regular base, what will sandy's lasting effects be, meaning through tuesday? jeff zeleny is a national political correspondent for "the new york times," and howard fineman is the editorial director for "the huffington post" and an msnbc political analyst. let's look at new jersey governor chris christie just last night in a press conference where he continued to lavish praise on the president. let's watch. >> the president of the united states and i have now had six conversations since sunday. that shows to me a level of caring and concern and interest that i think a leader should be giving to this type of situation. this was as comfortable and relaxing an interaction as i have had with the president since i've known him, and i think it's because we'r
during his re-election pause, if you call it that, mr. obama reminded americans he has presidential duties and also found a couple unlikely friends along the way, one being new jersey governor chris christie and now tonight a big one, new york mayor michael bloomberg. with both sides back to regular base, what will sandy's lasting effects be, meaning through tuesday? jeff zeleny is a national political correspondent for "the new york times," and howard fineman is the editorial...
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mr. president, republicans like coal. in fact, moments after that speech, house speaker john boehner emerged with his own unique brand of humbug. >> there's a stalemate. let's not kid ourselves. i'm not trying to make this more difficult. if you've watched me over the last three weeks, i have been very a guarded in what i have to say. >> now, now, now, you know how this works. santa doesn't bring you anything unless you write down specifically what you want, something republicans patently refuse to do. instead, mr. boehner fell back on a plan that he keeps trotting out and that americans keep voting down. >> well, you can look at our budget from the last two years and there are plenty of specific proposals, most of which were part of the conversation that the president and i had two years ago or a year and a half ago. >> oh, yes. the paul ryan budget. because what better to bring good tidings of comfort and joy than balancing tax cuts for the rich on the backs of intitlement cuts for the
mr. president, republicans like coal. in fact, moments after that speech, house speaker john boehner emerged with his own unique brand of humbug. >> there's a stalemate. let's not kid ourselves. i'm not trying to make this more difficult. if you've watched me over the last three weeks, i have been very a guarded in what i have to say. >> now, now, now, you know how this works. santa doesn't bring you anything unless you write down specifically what you want, something republicans...
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. >> administration officials are already suggesting to congress that mr. obama is willing to let the deadline pass, let tax rates go up and spending be cut. if he can't get the deal he wants. >> bill plante in washington. thank you. later this morning we'll ask conservative activity jaft grover norquist if republicans are backing away from his no tax increase pledge. >> two weeks ago sandy battered the northeast. hundreds of homes and businesses have no power. most on long island. the governor of new york is calling for an investigation as mark strassman reports from brooklyn. residents are angry at the lack of answers. mark, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. in many hard hit areas have come a long way but not garrison beach, brooklyn. most folks are waiting for power to come back on and waiting for insurance inspectors to show up and for them the storm has never left. in this driveway, soggy possession we found janet, wringing saltwater from her nieces collection. she's surviving on generator power and grip. >> have no heat. i have no electric. wha
. >> administration officials are already suggesting to congress that mr. obama is willing to let the deadline pass, let tax rates go up and spending be cut. if he can't get the deal he wants. >> bill plante in washington. thank you. later this morning we'll ask conservative activity jaft grover norquist if republicans are backing away from his no tax increase pledge. >> two weeks ago sandy battered the northeast. hundreds of homes and businesses have no power. most on long...